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'''''The Tortured Poets Department''''' adalah album studio kesebelas mendatang oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu Amerika [[Taylor Swift]], yang akan dirilis pada 19 April 2024, melalui [[Republic Records]]. Swift mengumumkan albumnya pada 4 Februari 2024, di Penghargaan Grammy Tahunan ke-66 setelah memenangkan penghargaan [[Album Vokal Pop Terbaik (Grammy Award)|Album Vokal Pop Terbaik]] untuk album studio kesepuluhnya, ''[[Midnights]]'' (2022).▼
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▲'''''The Tortured Poets Department''''' adalah album studio kesebelas
Swift menyusun ''The Tortured Poets Department'' tak lama setelah menyelesaikan pekerjaannya di ''Midnights'' dan terus mengembangkan The Tortured Poets Department selama [[The Eras Tour|Eras Tour]] (2023–2024), [[tur konser]] keenamnya yang sedang berlangsung. Digambarkan sendiri sebagai album "garis hidup", ''Departemen Penyair yang Tersiksa'' dianggap oleh Swift sebagai puncak dari penulisan lagu yang penting. Ini adalah album ganda, dengan bagian kedua, diberi subjudul ''The Anthology'', dirilis secara mengejutkan dua jam setelah yang pertama. [[Post Malone]] tampil di lagu pembuka "[[Fortnight]]", yang dirilis sebagai singel utama, dan [[Florence and the Machine]] tampil di "[[Florida!!!]]".
Sebuah album [[synth-pop]] dengan gaya [[Musik rok|rock]] dan [[Lagu daerah|folk]], produksi [[Tempo (musik)|tempo menengahnya]] digerakkan oleh [[Penyintesis|synthesizer]] dan [[mesin drum]] bersama dengan instrumen live seperti piano dan gitar. Pokok bahasannya mengeksplorasi jiwa Swift dan mengkaji kehidupan publik dan pribadinya, memadukan kesedihan dan humor. Kritikus musik memuji ''The Tortured Poets Department'' karena penulisan lagunya yang katarsis, [[Kesadaran diri|sadar diri]], dan gaya produksinya yang bersahaja, meskipun mereka berbeda pendapat mengenai apakah lagu tersebut mewakili evolusi musik atau stagnasi bagi Swift.
Album ini memecahkan serangkaian rekor komersial. Ini melampaui ''Midnights'' untuk mencapai streaming satu hari tertinggi untuk sebuah album di layanan ''streaming'' [[Spotify]] dan menandai jumlah [[Prapesan|pre-order]] terbesar dalam sejarah pengecer [[Target Corporation|Target]].
== Latar belakang dan rilis ==
Swift merilis album studio kesepuluhnya, ''[[Midnights]]'', pada 21 Oktober 2022, meraih kesuksesan komersial dan kritis
Swift menghadiri upacara Grammy dan memenangkan Penghargaan Grammy untuk [[Album Vokal Pop Terbaik (Grammy Award)|Album Vokal Pop Terbaik]] dan [[Penghargaan Grammy untuk Album Terbaik Tahun Ini|Album Terbaik Tahun Ini]] untuk ''Midnights''. Dalam pidato penerimaannya untuk album pertama, dia mengungkapkan album studio baru, bertajuk ''The Tortured Poets Departement'', dan mengumumkan tanggal rilisnya pada 19 April 2024, yang telah dia rahasiakan selama hampir dua tahun.<ref name="nyt-kuo-242222">{{Cite news|last=Kuo|first=Christopher|date=February 4, 2024|title=Taylor Swift announces new album during Grammy win|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/music/taylor-swift-new-album-grammys.html|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205030150/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/music/taylor-swift-new-album-grammys.html|archive-date=February 5, 2024|access-date=February 5, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Surej|date=February 5, 2024|title=Taylor Swift announces new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/taylor-swift-announces-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department-3582273|website=NME|access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref> Karya seni sampulnya kemudian diposting di akun media sosialnya, bersama dengan foto catatan tulisan tangan:
{{Blockquote|Dan jadi saya memasukkan bukti / Lambangku yang ternoda / Renunganku, didapat seperti memar / Jimat dan pesonaku / Tik, tik, tik bom cinta / Pembuluh darahku yang tintanya hitam pekat / Semuanya adil dalam cinta dan puisi...<br /><br />Hormat kami, Ketua Departemen Penyair yang Tersiksa.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Announces New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' During Grammys Acceptance Speech |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department-1235897622 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>}}
== Pembuatan ==
Swift mencirikan ''The Tortured Poets Department'' sebagai album "penyelamat"—album yang "benar-benar perlu" dibuatnya. Dia mulai menyusun album segera setelah mengirimkan ''Midnights'' ke [[Label rekaman|label rekamannya]], [[Republic Records]], dan terus mengerjakannya secara rahasia selama [[The Eras Tour|Eras Tour]] di AS pada tahun. Menurut Swift, pembuatan album membuktikan peran integral penulisan lagu dalam hidupnya. Dia menyatakan, "Saya belum pernah memiliki album di mana saya membutuhkan penulisan lagu lebih dari yang saya butuhkan di ''Tortured Poets''."
Dalam postingan Instagram yang mengumumkan perilisan album tersebut, Swift lebih lanjut mencirikan album tersebut sebagai "sebuah antologi karya baru yang mencerminkan peristiwa, opini, dan sentimen dari momen singkat dan fatalistik – momen yang sensasional dan menyedihkan dalam ukuran yang sama."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/p/C57c1DWMkf_/|website=instagram.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419044228/https://www.instagram.com/taylorswift/p/C57c1DWMkf_/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Penulisan dan lirik ===
''The Tortured Poets Department'' terdiri dari enam belas lagu standar dan menampilkan dua artis tamu—rapper Amerika [[Post Malone]] pada single utama "[[Fortnight]]" dan band [[Rok indi|rock indie]] Inggris [[Florence and the Machine]], dipimpin oleh penyanyi-penulis lagu [[Florence Welch]], pada lagu tersebut "[[Florida!!!]]". Album ini terutama ditulis dan diproduksi oleh Swift dengan kolaborator lama [[Jack Antonoff]] dan [[Aaron Dessner]]; Welch dan Malone juga ikut menulis kolaborasi masing-masing dengan Swift.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brow|first=Jason|date=April 16, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' Songwriting Credits Reveal Familiar Collaborators|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-credits-reveal-collaborators/|website=[[Us Weekly|US Magazine]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416225340/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-credits-reveal-collaborators/|archive-date=April 16, 2024|access-date=April 16, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
Berakar pada penulisan lagu pribadi dan introspektif, ''The Tortured Poets Department'' mengeksplorasi emosi yang dialami Swift.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Kupp|first=Josh|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is Another Classic|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|website=[[Uproxx]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420015257/https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Beberapa kritikus berkomentar bahwa Swift terinspirasi oleh hubungannya yang penuh gejolak untuk menciptakan narasi liris yang berantakan, tidak terkendali, dan tidak dijaga.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Ellie|date=April 20, 2024|title=Album: Taylor Swift – ''The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology''|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|website=[[The Arts Desk]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421122236/https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift, berbicara kepada penonton di pertunjukan Eras Tour di Melbourne, Australia menggambarkan album tersebut sebagai proyeknya yang paling katarsis.<ref name="Savage">{{Cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=April 19, 2024|title=Review: Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets Department'' Finds the Star Vulnerable But Vicious|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419161708/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kekuatan Ann|Ann Powers]] menulis di [[National Public Radio|NPR]] bahwa sepanjang album, "Swift mencoba mencari tahu bagaimana kekerasan emosional terjadi."<ref name="Powers-2024">{{Cite web|last=Powers|first=Ann|authorlink=Ann Powers|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets'' Is Written in Blood|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420050001/https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
Patah hati adalah emosi utama, yang diekspresikan melalui tema kemarahan, duka,<ref name="Ahlgrim-2024">{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is the Messiest, Horniest, and Funniest Album She's Ever Made|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420034341/https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms#slideid=109440300|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bridgewater">{{Cite web|last=Bridgewater|first=Paul|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift: ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review – Sophisticated Pop and Her Most Personal Record|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department|website=[[The Line of Best Fit]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419084147/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> dan kematian,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olivier|first=David|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets Department'' and When Lyrics about Dying, Grief, Heartbreak Trigger You|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-lyrics-triggering/73381175007/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421135707/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/04/19/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-lyrics-triggering/73381175007/|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live|newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> tetapi juga, terkadang, humor dan [[Hiperbol|hiperbola]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=Roberts|first=Ellie|date=April 20, 2024|title=Album: Taylor Swift – ''The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology''|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|website=[[The Arts Desk]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421122236/https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-anthology|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Callie Ahlgrim dari ''[[Business Insider]]'' mendeskripsikan konten album Swift sebagai "yang paling berantakan, paling berahi, dan paling lucu".<ref name="Ahlgrim-2024" /> Dalam ''[[The Independent]]'', Helen Brown menyarankan agar penulisan lagu Swift mengacu pada akar [[Musik country|country]]<nowiki/>nya untuk mengeksplorasi narasi yang lebih panjang dibandingkan pendahulunya, ''Midnights''.<ref name="Brown">{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift, ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review: Irresistible, Country-Hued Tales of Relationships Past and Present|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419201239/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-album-review-b2530867.html|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Sementara beberapa kritikus berpendapat bahwa album ini bersifat otobiografi,<ref name="Brown" /><ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift, ''The Tortured Poets Department'': A Sharp, Savage Attack on Her British Exes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420045756/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Shaad D'Souza dari [[Garpu rumput (situs web)|''Pitchfork'']] berpendapat bahwa album tersebut mengangkangi kisah pengakuan dan fiksi.<ref name="D'Souza1">{{Cite news|last=D'Souza|first=Shaad|date=April 19, 2024|title=8 Takeaways From Taylor Swift's New Album ''The Tortured Poets Department''|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/takeaways-from-taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420200910/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/takeaways-from-taylor-swift-new-album-the-tortured-poets-department/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Produksi dan musik ===
Kritikus menggambarkan edisi standar sebagai album [[synth-pop]]{{Efn|Didiskusikan oleh Chris Willman dari ''[[Variety (majalah)|Variety]]'',<ref name="Willman-2024" /> Laura Molloy dari ''[[NME]]'',<ref name="NME2" /> dan [[Neil McCormick]] dari ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''<ref name="Telegraph" />}} yang produksi [[Tempo (musik)|tempo menengahnya]] menggabungkan [[Penyintesis|synth]] dan [[mesin drum]] yang menonjol.{{Efn|Didiskusikan oleh [[Ann Powers]] dari [[NPR]],<ref name="Powers-2024" /> Anna Leszkiewicz dari ''[[New Statesman]]'',<ref name="Leszkiewicz"/> John Meagher dari ''[[Irish Independent]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meagher |first=John |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-reviews/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fans-going-to-dublin-gigs-have-a-new-wealth-of-riches-to-look-forward-to/a628314177.html |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=[[Irish Independent]] |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419110755/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-reviews/taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fans-going-to-dublin-gigs-have-a-new-wealth-of-riches-to-look-forward-to/a628314177.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Olivia Horn dari ''[[Pitchfork (situs web)|Pitchfork]]'',<ref name="Pitchfork"/> dan Mary Siroky dari ''[[Consequence (publikasi)|Consequence]]''<ref name="Siroky">{{Cite web |last=Siroky |first=Mary |date=April 19, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift Gets Lost in Her Own Shadow on ''The Tortured Poets Department'' |url=https://consequence.net/2024/04/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/ |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=[[Consequence (publikasi)|Consequence]] |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420032541/https://consequence.net/2024/04/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} Beberapa lagu menampilkan instrumentasi yang lebih sederhana, digerakkan oleh [[piano]]<ref name="Willman-2024">{{Cite web|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift Renews Her Vows With Heartbreak in Audacious, Transfixing ''Tortured Poets Department'': Album Review|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/the-tortured-poets-department-review-taylor-swift-album-1235975690/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419201323/https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/the-tortured-poets-department-review-taylor-swift-album-1235975690/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Powers-20242">{{Cite web|last=Powers|first=Ann|authorlink=Ann Powers|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets'' Is Written in Blood|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|publisher=[[NPR]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420050001/https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245630721/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-review|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> atau gitar,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' – And Its Surprise Companion, ''The Anthology'' – Mine The Darkness To Pop Perfection|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review|website=[[British Vogue]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419194201/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> dengan gaya [[Musik rok|rock]] dan [[Lagu daerah|folk]].<ref name="Ahlgrim-20242">{{Cite web|last=Ahlgrim|first=Callie|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is the Messiest, Horniest, and Funniest Album She's Ever Made|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms|website=[[Business Insider]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420034341/https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/taylor-swiftaposs-aposthe-tortured-poets-departmentapos-is-the-messiest-horniest-and-funniest-album-sheaposs-ever-made/slidelist/109440024.cms#slideid=109440300|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Swift kebanyakan bernyanyi dengan [[Daftar vokal|nada vokal]] yang lebih rendah untuk membawakan syair percakapan yang mirip [[rap]].<ref name="Powers-20242" /><ref name="Breihan">{{Cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=April 19, 2024|title=Premature Evaluation: Taylor Swift ''The Tortured Poets Department''|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/|website=[[Stereogum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419202141/https://www.stereogum.com/2260059/premature-evaluation-taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department/reviews/premature-evaluation/|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alexis Petridis]] dari ''[[The Guardian]]'' menulis bahwa suaranya "membagi perbedaan antara [[Pop rok|pop-rock]] ''[[1989 (album Taylor Swift)|1989]]'' yang dipengaruhi tahun 80-an dan pernyataan ''[[Midnights]]'' yang meremehkan".<ref name="Petridis">{{Cite news|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift: ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Review – Fame, Fans and Former Flames in the Line of Fire|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fame-fans-and-former-flames-in-the-firing-line|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419042429/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/19/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review-fame-fans-and-former-flames-in-the-firing-line|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Menulis untuk ''[[The Times]]'', [[Akankah Hodgkinson|Will Hodgkinson]] mendeskripsikan album ini sebagai campuran synth-pop, [[Balada sentimental|power ballad]] tahun 1980-an, dan "AOR emosional [[Stevie Nicks]]".<ref name="Hodgkinson">{{Cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|date=April 19, 2024|title=Love, Men and the Story Behind Each Song on Taylor Swift's New Album|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-track-by-track-guide-zp7qjwszr|work=[[The Times]]|issn=0140-0460|archive-url=https://archive.ph/silBX|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Josh Kupp dari ''[[Uproxx]],'' yang menjuluki album ini sebagai proyek yang bertele-tele dan tanpa genre, termasuk di antara kritikus yang merasa bahwa album tersebut mengabaikan daya tarik radio arus utama.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|last=Kupp|first=Josh|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift's ''The Tortured Poets Department'' Is Another Classic|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|website=[[Uproxx]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420015257/https://uproxx.com/pop/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ahlgrim-20242" />
Bagian kedua dari album ganda, dengan subjudul ''The Anthology'', sebagian besar terdiri dari piano ballad. Dessner memproduseri sebagian besar volume kedua, yang diinstrumentasi oleh gitar akustik pilihan, piano lembut, dan synth halus.<ref name="Telegraph2">{{Cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift, ''The Tortured Poets Department'': A Sharp, Savage Attack on Her British Exes|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420045756/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-review/|archive-date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Menurut Mark Savage dari [[BBC]], paruh kedua ini menampilkan suara yang lebih "tenang" yang mengingatkan pada album Swift tahun 2020, ''[[Folklore (album Taylor Swift)|Folklore]]'' dan ''[[Evermore (album Taylor Swift)|Evermore]]'',<ref name="Savage2">{{Cite news|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=April 19, 2024|title=Review: Taylor Swift's ''Tortured Poets Department'' Finds the Star Vulnerable But Vicious|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419161708/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68846376|archive-date=April 19, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> sebuah pengamatan yang dibagikan oleh Mary Kate Carr dari ''[[The A.V. Club|The AV Club]].''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carr|first=Mary Kate|date=April 19, 2024|title=Taylor Swift Releases Surprise Double Album ''TTPD: The Anthology''|url=https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-surprise-double-album-ttpd-the-anthology-1851422409|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421041547/https://www.avclub.com/taylor-swift-surprise-double-album-ttpd-the-anthology-1851422409|archive-date=April 21, 2024|access-date=April 21, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Neil McCormick]] dari ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' berpendapat bahwa suara yang lebih lembut ini memungkinkan lirik yang lebih halus, yang mengeksplorasi studi karakter Swift ("Cassandra", "Peter", "Robin") dan refleksi diri ("The Albatross", "The Bolter ", "I Look in People's Windows", "I Hate It Here").<ref name="Telegraph2" />
Kurangnya tanda kutip pada judul resmi, seperti dalam ''The Tortured Poets' Department'', menjadi bahan perdebatan mengenai kebenaran tata bahasa. Para ahli menyatakan bahwa Swift menggunakan ''Tortured Poets'' sebagai kata benda atributif, seperti dalam kasus film drama ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'' tahun 1989, dan bukan sebagai kata benda posesif yang memerlukan tanda kutip.<ref>Sources on the apostrophe:</ref> Teori penggemar menyatakan bahwa judul tersebut merujuk pada obrolan grup yang dibagikan antara [[Andrew Scott]], [[Paul Mescal]], dan [[Joe Alwyn]] berjudul "The Tortured Man Club".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Tina|date=February 5, 2024|title=Taylor Swift fans think new album title is a dig at her ex Joe Alwyn's group chat|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/taylor-swift-fans-convinced-new-album-title-the-tortured-poets-department-dig-at-ex-joe-alwyn-group-chat-b1137084.html|website=Evening Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206090140/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/taylor-swift-fans-convinced-new-album-title-the-tortured-poets-department-dig-at-ex-joe-alwyn-group-chat-b1137084.html|archive-date=February 6, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
Karya seni sampul album yang difoto oleh [[:en:Beth Garrabrant|Beth Garrabrant]] adalah foto foto glamor hitam-putih yang menampilkan Swift sedang berbaring di tempat tidur mengenakan [[pakaian dalam]] hitam: atasan tembus pandang dan celana pendek pinggang tinggi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Mallika |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift announces new album: The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://apnews.com/live/2024-grammy-awards-updates-winners#0000018d-771c-d410-ad8f-ff7f0d420000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205012411/https://apnews.com/live/2024-grammy-awards-updates-winners#0000018d-771c-d410-ad8f-ff7f0d420000 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=5 February 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="Morin">{{Cite web |last=Morin |first=Alyssa |date=February 5, 2024 |title=How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Played a Role in Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department Cover |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1394555/how-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-played-a-role-in-taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-cover |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Ingrid |title=Taylor Swift Shares the Sexy Cover of New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department': 'All's Fair in Love and Poetry' |url=https://people.com/2024-grammys-taylor-swift-new-album-cover-tortured-poets-department-8558634 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[People (majalah)|People]]}}</ref> Menurut penata gaya Swift, Joseph Cassell, dia mengenakan pakaian dari The Row dan [[Yves Saint Laurent (merek)|Yves Saint Laurent]].<ref name="Morin" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2024-02-06 |title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' So Far |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-everything-we-know/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
▲== Sampul album ==
▲Karya seni sampul album yang difoto oleh [[:en:Beth Garrabrant|Beth Garrabrant]] adalah foto foto glamor hitam-putih yang menampilkan Swift sedang berbaring di tempat tidur mengenakan [[pakaian dalam]] hitam: atasan tembus pandang dan celana pendek pinggang tinggi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Mallika |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift announces new album: The Tortured Poets Department |url=https://apnews.com/live/2024-grammy-awards-updates-winners#0000018d-771c-d410-ad8f-ff7f0d420000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205012411/https://apnews.com/live/2024-grammy-awards-updates-winners#0000018d-771c-d410-ad8f-ff7f0d420000 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=5 February 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="Morin">{{Cite web |last=Morin |first=Alyssa |date=February 5, 2024 |title=How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Played a Role in Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department Cover |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1394555/how-mary-kate-and-ashley-olsen-played-a-role-in-taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department-cover |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Ingrid |title=Taylor Swift Shares the Sexy Cover of New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department': 'All's Fair in Love and Poetry' |url=https://people.com/2024-grammys-taylor-swift-new-album-cover-tortured-poets-department-8558634 |access-date=February 6, 2024 |website=[[People (majalah)|People]]}}</ref> Menurut penata gaya Swift, Joseph Cassell, dia mengenakan pakaian dari The Row dan [[Yves Saint Laurent (merek)|Yves Saint Laurent]].<ref name="Morin" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=2024-02-06 |title=Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's New Album 'The Tortured Poets Department' So Far |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-everything-we-know/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Gambar di sampul belakang album berisi kata-kata, "Aku mencintaimu, itu menghancurkan hidupku."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dresdale |first=Andrea |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Taylor Swift reveals 'The Tortured Poets Department' track list, collaborators |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/taylor-swift-reveals-tortured-poets-department-track-list-collaborators/story?id=106986298 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>
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